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FY 2011 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/ Arts on Radio and Television/
Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnerships

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

RHODE ISLAND

Community Musicworks
Providence, RI
$22,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support free music education and performance programs targeted to reach at-risk children and youth. The Providence String Quartet will be in residence to teach and mentor more than 100 students as well as perform in its downtown storefront facility and in other community venues.

Everett Dance Theatre
Providence, RI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of Brain Storm, a multimedia dance/theater production that examines the current state of brain research and its implications for society. The piece will be developed both in Providence, at Everett's Carriage House Stage, and in Greenfield, New Hampshire, in conjunction with a two-year residency with The Crotched Mountain Foundation, a not-for-profit serving individuals with brain injuries and other disabilities.

FirstWorks
Providence, RI
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the production of FirstWorks Festival 2011. The series of New England performance premieres will extend into communities through forums, workshops, master classes, and school programs.

Project New Urban Arts
Providence, RI
$23,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support free youth art education programs. Professional artists will mentor students in art galleries and studios across Providence.

Providence City Arts for Youth, Inc. (aka CityArts)
Providence, RI
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support year-round after-school and summer arts learning in a variety of disciplines that offers urban youth who need to gain academic skills time to practice and create in studios with professional artist mentors. CityArts Community Youth Arts Program takes place in a newly renovated education building that houses fully equipped ceramics studio, dance studio, art and nature lab, MacMedia Lab, gallery, printmaking studio, and performance spaces.

Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (Consortium)
East Providence, RI
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Philharmonic on Fire, a free festival concert on the riverfront with bonfires on the water, where the Providence, Moshassuck, and Woonasquatucket Rivers meet. In partnership with WaterFire Providence, the orchestra's live performance will replace the 90-minute recorded soundtrack used during previous festivals.

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Providence, RI
$750,300
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

RiverzEdge Arts Project, Inc.
Woonsocket, RI
$13,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Studio Arts Project, in which artists and designers mentor youth as they learn the principles and practice of art and design. Youth create their own works and commissioned work for clients in one of four studios: visual arts, graphic design, screen-printing, and digital photography.


Number of Grants: 8          Total Amount: $903,800

 
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